Love is not only about finding the right person. It's about building the right relationship.By the time most couples reach a therapist's office they are out of moves. They have ignored their problems for too long and are now being consumed by them. Too often couples are met by well-meaning professionals who jump straight into problem solving, which is exactly the wrong place to start.The Couples in Crisis framework is built on a counterintuitive truth: A couple must earn th...

Are you ready to become a hero-saint?Every hero-saint journey begins here…Reflections of an Uncommon Monk is composed of twenty-seven spiritual reflections useful for daily living, and includes a spiritual primer which conveys basic Christian teaching on the spiritual life. This book can be read on its own or as the first book and moral and spiritual foundation of the series A Hero Is Chosen. Beginning with the second book, Mission of the Maiden, all of th...

Set in the fictional Irish locale of Ardmuirland, the novel likely explores the lives and experiences of its characters within the context of rural Ireland during the late 19th century. Rev. Michael Barrett, being a clergyman, might infuse elements of faith, morality, and social commentary into the narrative."Up in Ardmuirland" may offer insights into Irish culture, customs, and traditions of the time, presenting a vivid portrait of rural life and the challenges faced by its inhabitants. T...

"Nunnery Life in the Church of England; or, Seventeen Years with Father Ignatius, O.S.B." by Sister Mary Agnes offers a profound insight into the life of a nun within the Anglican tradition. The author shares her personal experiences and reflections during her time in the nunnery, highlighting the spiritual discipline, community life, and the challenges faced by those dedicated to a religious vocation. Through her narrative, readers gain an understanding of the daily routines, prayers, and...

The hour of Jesus is a fundamental theme running throughout John's Gospel (2:4--19:27) referring to Jesus' glorification (7:39; 12:16, 23, 28; 13:31, 32; 16:14; 17:1, 5) in his passion and death (3:14; 8:28; 12:32, 34). Immediately after the culmination of Jesus' hour (19:25-30) John provides a unique account of things that took place following Jesus' death (19:31-34), apparently important to his audience (19:35), in which he recognizes scriptural fulfillment (19:36-37). At first glance, t...

The ever increasing interest in the Liturgical Traditions of the Church gives rise to the need for adequately trained altar servers and what better way to assist than to resurrect this classic! This famous handbook is an invaluable resource for all altar boys from beginning to advanced. Though written for Instructors, this manual can also be used for home study, schools and sacristies. Dom Matthew Britt begins by offering specific instructions on common ceremonial actions, including how to...

Discover Henri Nouwen's authentic, spacious spirituality of being deeply beloved. "When we are at one with our self, it becomes effortless for us to welcome and embrace the same self where God resides, the self that God loves with the fi rst love, preceding all human love. With Nouwen, we are able to carry our own beautiful, deeply loved self in our heart." ―from the Introduction Henri Nouwen’s compelling spirituality of the heart is at once simple and complex, accessible but deeply profou...

In the view of St. Benedict of Nursia, the Lenten journey is an inner pilgrimage with Christ into the deepest parts of ourselves, to be marked not so much by external observances, such as fasting and self-denial, as by a deepening of our relationship with God. Benedictine monk Albert Holtz develops that journey theme through meditations written during a fifteen-country pilgrimage while on sabbatical. At the heart of each reflection is the lesson it teaches about our inner spiritual journey...

Living a morally good life today is a challenge. But we become fully and authentically human precisely by the decisions we make every day--some of them relatively simple, others complex and difficult. Once a choice is made, we still must claim the moral resolve and strength of character to implement it. Virtues are precisely the sustained habits that help us maneuver life's many choices and to become the good people that we want to be. St. Thomas Aquinas offers the classic Christian presen...

How do we deal with and attempt to understand God's presence and overarching love for us when life goes wrong, when we encounter difficulties and tragedies?This noted Benedictine monk and priest shares his personal journeys through troubled times, using the discipline of meditating on single words of Scripture from the New Testament. He skilfully translates from Greek to English to reveal these "buried treasures" with multiple nuances of meaning that give light along difficult path...

Before the watershed moment of Joan of Arc’s emergence onto the historical scene in 1429, Charles the Dauphin of France was derisively called by the English and their Burgundian allies the “King of Bourges,” yet by his death in 1461, he had presided over the expulsion of the English from all of their continental possessions except Calais. Were it not for a teenage peasant maiden, however, history might have taken a different course…She arrived suddenly in the spring of 1429. Her dr...

The meditations and contemplative poetry of a Benedictine Monk who was once a journalist. The collecton was unearthed in forty year old archives. The work is balanced between memories of reporting from the front lines of the traumatic 'troubles' in Ireland and his life of prayer and meditation as a monk. It includes some poems from his time working at La Grange as a Lay Missionary and his period of 'Solemn Professsion' to the Benedictine Order in the monastery at New Norcia in Western Aust...